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Editorial Bodies: Perfection and Rejection in Ancient Rhetoric [...]
Reveals the emergence and endurance of vocabularies, habits, and preferences that sustained ancient textual cultures.Though typically considered oral cultures, ancient Greece and Rome also boasted textual cultures, enabled by efforts...
Constantius III: Rome's Lost Hope
Constantius is an important, but almost forgotten, figure. He came to the fore in or around 410 when he was appointed Magister Militum (Master of Troops) to Honorius, the young...
The Wars of Justinian I
Justinian I was the last great conquering Roman emperor, who dramatically increased the size of his realm although he never actually led an army in person. His long reign (527-565)...
Birds of Eastern Africa: Updated Edition
This is a fully updated edition of the only pocket guide that illustrates and describes all 1,487 bird species of eastern Africa, an area that includes Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia,...
Birds and Animals of Australia's Top End: Darwin, Kakadu, [...]
One of the most amazing and accessible wildlife-watching destinations on earth, the 'Top End' of Australia's Northern Territory is home to incredible birds and animals - from gaudy Red-collared Lorikeets...
The Little Italian Hotel
'The perfect book to read when you want to give your heart a holiday' Sally Page, bestselling author of The Keeper of Stories'An uplifting story full of hope, love and...
Childhood in Ancient Egypt
Author: Dr. Amandine Marshall Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 298 A groundbreaking account of how the ancient Egyptians perceived children and childhood, from the Predynastic period to the end of...
Five European Plays: Nestroy, Schnitzler, Molnar, Havel
Author: Tom Stoppard Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 196 Alongside his many major plays, Tom Stoppard has written several highly acclaimed translations and adaptations of works by other writers, which...
Apex Predators
What does it take to be "top dog" In this illustrated exploration of the animal kingdom, Caldecott Honor winner Steve Jenkins introduces readers to some of the most powerful predators...
The Trial of Adolf Hitler: The Beer Hall Putsch and the Rise of [...]
On the evening of November 8, 1923, the thirty-four-year-old Adolf Hitler stormed into a beer hall in Munich, fired his pistol in the air, and proclaimed a revolution. Seventeen hours...
Return to Blood
Two murders. Two decades apart. One chance to get justice. Hana Westerman has left Auckland and her career as a detective behind her. Settled in a quiet coastal town, all...
Experimental Phenomena of Consciousness: A Brief Dictionary [...]
Experimental Phenomena of Consciousness is the definitive collection of consciousness phenomena in which awareness emerges as an experimental variable. With its comprehensive yet succinct entries, arranged alphabetically, this dictionary will...
Richard III: Brother, Protector, King
The last Plantagenet king (1452-85) remains one of England's most famous and controversial monarchs. There are few parallels in English history that can match the drama of Richard III's reign,...
Kathmandu: Biography of a City
One of the greatest cities of the Himalaya, Kathmandu, Nepal, is a unique blend of thousand-year-old cultural practices and accelerated urban development. In this book, Thomas Bell recounts his experiences...
Sam Shaw: A Personal Point of View
The amiably spontaneous pictures taken by Sam Shaw (1912-1999) are well known: the native and life-long New Yorker shot countless cover photographs for Life and Look in the fifties and...
Grain Elevators
These photographs of grain elevators in America, Germany, Belgium, and France are a major addition to the Bechers' ongoing documentation of the vanishing buildings that once defined the industrial landscape...
The Art of the Book in the Twentieth Century
Through the selection of eleven master designers, Jerry Kelly illustrates a wide range of styles: from classically inspired design and historical revival, to novel and modern layouts. Throughout the twentieth...
Tolstoy
In this biography of Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, A.N. Wilson narrates the complex drama of the writer's life: his childhood of aristocratic privilege but emotional deprivation, his discovery of his...
The Shadow Emperor: A Biography of Napoleon III
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'Louis Napoleon's story is certainly remarkable. Alan Strauss-Schom tells it with brio in The Shadow Emperor... This is a boldly revisionist biography... For all the corruption and repression that marked...
Planet of the Ants: The Hidden Worlds and Extraordinary Lives of [...]
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This sweeping portrait of the world's uncontested six-legged conquerors will open your eyes to the secret societies thriving right beneath your feet--and shift your perspective on humanity. The closer you...
Position of the Day: Sex Fortunes
The stars have aligned for the latest addition to the best-selling "Position of the Day" series - "Position of the Day: Sex Fortunes". Based on your birthdate, you'll get a...
Erotic Massage Deck
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Marrying ancient Eastern wisdom with modern know-how, this easy-to-use and delightfully sexy deck is the ultimate bedsidecompanion for adventurous lovers. Ideal for the novice or the expert, these 50 sensual...
Lovers' Massage
Author: Darrin Zeer Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 96 "Lovers' Massage" offers 65 massage techniques that bring couples closer as they relax sore muscles. Drawing on a range of exotic...
The Bunny Book
No longer will the girls next door have all the fun. Now, for the first time ever, every woman can learn to work it like a Playboy Bunny! With unprecedented...
A Short History of Russia's First Civil War: The Time of Troubles and the Founding of the Romanov Dynasty
Upon publication in 2001, Russia's First Civil War by Chester Dunning was greeted by scholars as a "historical tour de force," the first major post-Marxist reassessment of the Time of...
The Milosevic Trial: Lessons for the Conduct of Complex International Criminal Proceedings
When Slobodan Milosevic died in the United Nations Detention Unit in The Hague over four years after his trial had begun, many feared - and some hoped - that international...
Britain in the Middle Ages: An Archaeological History
As he did in 'Britain B.C.' and 'Britain A.D.', eminent archaeologist Francis Pryor challenges familiar historical views of the Middle Ages by examining fresh evidence from the ground. The term...
Boots on the Ground: Britain and her Army since 1945
On Luneberg Heath in 1945, the German High Command surrendered to Field Marshall Montgomery; in 2015, seventy years after this historic triumph, the last units of the British Army finally...
Still Standing: The third Matt Standing thriller from the bestselling author of the Spider Shepherd series
The SAS are used to deaths during combat - it goes with the turf. But when one of their own is said to have committed suicide in Thailand, red flags...
The Ledger and the Chain: How Domestic Slave Traders Shaped America
In The Ledger and the Chain, prize-winning historian Joshua D. Rothman tells the disturbing story of the Franklin and Armfield company and the men who built it into the largest...
Snow Food: Warming Winter Alpine Dishes
In Snow Food, chef and skier, Lindor Wink, shares 70 of his favourite winter dishes. Inspired from the heart of snowy alpine winters, Lindor's recipes are simple and easy for...
The Lament of Abalone (Runes of War: The Book of OEnd, Book 4)
Three years on, the fate of Torra Alta and Belbidida hangs in the balance once more. Caspar has become entranced by the evil of the Druid's Egg, and so is...
Reflections on the Revolution in France
As eighteenth-century Europe sizzled with revolutionary fervor fanned by the flames of the newly won freedom of the British colonies in America, one of the few lone voices of conservative...
Feynman's Lost Lecture
Rescued from obscurity, Feynman's Lost Lecture is a blessing for all Feynman followers. Most know Richard Feynman for the hilarious anecdotes and exploits in his best-selling books "Surely You're Joking,...
Living to Tell the Tale
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In this long-awaited first volume of a planned trilogy, the most acclaimed and revered living Nobel laureate begins to tell us the story of his life. Like all his work,...
In Which They Served: The Royal Navy Officer Experience in the Second World War
Author: Brian Lavery Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 Brian Lavery's extensively researched study takes an in-depth look at the officers of the Royal Navy and the various routes they...
The Alternative: How to Build a Just Economy
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Author: Nick Romeo Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 Winners Take All meets Nickel and Dimed in this provocative debunking of accepted wisdom, providing the pathway to a sustainable, survivable...
North by Shakespeare: A Rogue Scholar's Quest for the Truth Behind the Bard's Work
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Author: Michael Blanding Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 480 The true story of a self-taught sleuth's quest to prove his eye-opening theory about the source of the world's most famous...
PUSHING THE LIMITS
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Secrets My Father Kept
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Shadow Baron
'A firework of a fantasy novel: vibrant, explosive, deliciously dangerous and impossibly fun. A must-read debut' Tasha Suri, author of The Jasmine ThroneSiyon Velo might be acknowledged as the Alchemist....
The Initiation of Ms Holly
Sex with a mysterious stranger aboard a train leads Rita Holly to an initiation into the exclusive and secretive Mount club. Sophisticated and deviant rituals await Rita, as do the...
The Unburied
On a bleak, wintry morning in Victorian England, Dr Ned Courtine arrives in the sleepy cathedral town of Thurchester for a reunion with his former university friend, Austin Fickling. Over...
Beast Quest: Ossiron the Fleshless Killer: Series 28 Book 1
Free the Beasts. Live the Adventure.Battle Beasts and fight Evil with Tom and Elenna in the bestselling adventure series for boys and girls aged 7 and up!In the land of...
The Fall: The End of the Murdoch Empire
THE BOOK THAT BROUGHT DOWN RUPERT MURDOCHMeet the Murdochs and the disastrously dysfunctional family of Fox News. Until recently, they formed the most powerful media and political force in America....
Odd Hours
'This wove a spell on me' Marian Keyes 'F***ing brilliant' Daisy May Cooper ___________Meet Gosia.She's a sensitive soul with a filthy mind and problems with intimacy.Between shifts in a well-lit...
Treating Psychosis: A Clinician's Guide to Integrating Acceptance and
Hallucinations, delusions, catatonia, and thought disorder: the symptoms of psychosis are extreme. Patients with psychosis may experience a complete break from reality, become violent toward themselves or others, and may...
Overcoming Parental Anxiety: Rewire Your Brain to Worry Less and Enjoy
Be the calm and collected parent you aspire to be with this powerful, neuroscience-based guide.Do you worry about your child all the time? Maybe they are behind on certain milestones,...